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From this reading AT AGINCOURT AND YPRES I Shakespeare seems to have known what there is to be known about our Great War of 1914-18.
1914
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From this reading AT AGINCOURT AND YPRES I Shakespeare seems to have known what there is to be known about our Great War of 1914-18.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading So he put into his _Henry IV_ and _Henry V_ a lot of little things that our press had to leave out at the time for the good of the country.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading AT AGINCOURT AND YPRES I Shakespeare seems to have known what there is to be known about our Great War of 1914-18.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
AGINCOURTnounUS /ˈædʒənkɔːrt/
a battle in northern France in which English longbowmen under Henry V decisively defeated a much larger French army in 1415
From this reading AT AGINCOURT AND YPRES I Shakespeare seems to have known what there is to be known about our Great War of 1914-18.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading If you look closely you can see them lying about all over the plays.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AT AGINCOURT AND YPRES I Shakespeare seems to have known what there is to be known about our Great War of 1914-18.
any person at all
From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AT AGINCOURT AND YPRES I Shakespeare seems to have known what there is to be known about our Great War of 1914-18.
baddish
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From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading AT AGINCOURT AND YPRES I Shakespeare seems to have known what there is to be known about our Great War of 1914-18.
biggeradjectiveUS /ˈbɪɡər/
large or big relative to something else
From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading If you look closely you can see them lying about all over the plays.
an occurrence of something
From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
censoredadjectiveUS /ˈsensərd/
suppressed or subject to censorship
From this reading And he was not censored.
in a close relation or position in time or space
From this reading If you look closely you can see them lying about all over the plays.
the shore of a sea or ocean
From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
Corbie
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From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading So he put into his _Henry IV_ and _Henry V_ a lot of little things that our press had to leave out at the time for the good of the country.
inflected form of “drink” — take in liquids
From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
else
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From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
divisible by two
From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading So he put into his _Henry IV_ and _Henry V_ a lot of little things that our press had to leave out at the time for the good of the country.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading So he put into his _Henry IV_ and _Henry V_ a lot of little things that our press had to leave out at the time for the good of the country.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading AT AGINCOURT AND YPRES I Shakespeare seems to have known what there is to be known about our Great War of 1914-18.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading So he put into his _Henry IV_ and _Henry V_ a lot of little things that our press had to leave out at the time for the good of the country.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading AT AGINCOURT AND YPRES I Shakespeare seems to have known what there is to be known about our Great War of 1914-18.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And he was not censored.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading So he put into his _Henry IV_ and _Henry V_ a lot of little things that our press had to leave out at the time for the good of the country.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading So he put into his _Henry IV_ and _Henry V_ a lot of little things that our press had to leave out at the time for the good of the country.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading AT AGINCOURT AND YPRES I Shakespeare seems to have known what there is to be known about our Great War of 1914-18.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you look closely you can see them lying about all over the plays.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading So he put into his _Henry IV_ and _Henry V_ a lot of little things that our press had to leave out at the time for the good of the country.
irregularitiesnounUS /ˌɪreɡjəˈlerətiz/
plural of “irregularity” — behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading AT AGINCOURT AND YPRES I Shakespeare seems to have known what there is to be known about our Great War of 1914-18.
IVnoun
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading So he put into his _Henry IV_ and _Henry V_ a lot of little things that our press had to leave out at the time for the good of the country.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading AT AGINCOURT AND YPRES I Shakespeare seems to have known what there is to be known about our Great War of 1914-18.
go away from a place
From this reading So he put into his _Henry IV_ and _Henry V_ a lot of little things that our press had to leave out at the time for the good of the country.
a commissioned military officer
From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading So he put into his _Henry IV_ and _Henry V_ a lot of little things that our press had to leave out at the time for the good of the country.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading If you look closely you can see them lying about all over the plays.
(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent
From this reading So he put into his _Henry IV_ and _Henry V_ a lot of little things that our press had to leave out at the time for the good of the country.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading If you look closely you can see them lying about all over the plays.
moraladjectiveUS /ˈmɔːrəl/
concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles
From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading And he was not censored.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AT AGINCOURT AND YPRES I Shakespeare seems to have known what there is to be known about our Great War of 1914-18.
oldishadjective
somewhat elderly
From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading AT AGINCOURT AND YPRES I Shakespeare seems to have known what there is to be known about our Great War of 1914-18.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading So he put into his _Henry IV_ and _Henry V_ a lot of little things that our press had to leave out at the time for the good of the country.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading If you look closely you can see them lying about all over the plays.
causing physical or psychological pain
From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
patchesnounUS /ˈpætʃəz/
plural of “patch” — a small contrasting part of something
From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
Picardynoun
a region of northern France on the English Channel
From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
plural of “play” — a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
From this reading If you look closely you can see them lying about all over the plays.
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading So he put into his _Henry IV_ and _Henry V_ a lot of little things that our press had to leave out at the time for the good of the country.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading So he put into his _Henry IV_ and _Henry V_ a lot of little things that our press had to leave out at the time for the good of the country.
pyxnoun
a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay
From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
recruitingverbUS /rəˈkruːtɪŋ/
-ing form of “recruit” — register formally as a participant or member
From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading If you look closely you can see them lying about all over the plays.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading AT AGINCOURT AND YPRES I Shakespeare seems to have known what there is to be known about our Great War of 1914-18.
ShakespearenounUS /ˈʃeɪkspiːr/
English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
From this reading AT AGINCOURT AND YPRES I Shakespeare seems to have known what there is to be known about our Great War of 1914-18.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So he put into his _Henry IV_ and _Henry V_ a lot of little things that our press had to leave out at the time for the good of the country.
SommenounUS /sɔːm/
battle of World War II
From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading So he put into his _Henry IV_ and _Henry V_ a lot of little things that our press had to leave out at the time for the good of the country.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So he put into his _Henry IV_ and _Henry V_ a lot of little things that our press had to leave out at the time for the good of the country.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading If you look closely you can see them lying about all over the plays.
in or at that place or location
From this reading AT AGINCOURT AND YPRES I Shakespeare seems to have known what there is to be known about our Great War of 1914-18.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading So he put into his _Henry IV_ and _Henry V_ a lot of little things that our press had to leave out at the time for the good of the country.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading So he put into his _Henry IV_ and _Henry V_ a lot of little things that our press had to leave out at the time for the good of the country.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AT AGINCOURT AND YPRES I Shakespeare seems to have known what there is to be known about our Great War of 1914-18.
displeasing to the senses
From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading So he put into his _Henry IV_ and _Henry V_ a lot of little things that our press had to leave out at the time for the good of the country.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading AT AGINCOURT AND YPRES I Shakespeare seems to have known what there is to be known about our Great War of 1914-18.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And he was not censored.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading AT AGINCOURT AND YPRES I Shakespeare seems to have known what there is to be known about our Great War of 1914-18.
which person or people
From this reading There is the ugly affair of the pyx, at Corbie, on the Somme; there are the little irregularities in recruiting; there are the small patches of baddish _moral_ on the coast and even in Picardy; there is the painful case of the oldish lieutenant who drank and had cold feet, after talking bigger than anyone else.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If you look closely you can see them lying about all over the plays.
YPRESnoun
battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery
From this reading AT AGINCOURT AND YPRES I Shakespeare seems to have known what there is to be known about our Great War of 1914-18.
